TOWN MEETINGS

Regular Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of each Month at the Town Office - Riteway Bus Co., W201 N13900 Fond Du Lac Ave., Richfield

Next Meeting is

WEDNESDAY, December 12, 2018 - Regular Meeting at 7:00pm

NOTICES

PLEASE NOTE THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION

For ALL Residences that have Time Warner, DSL, Charter or any other Voice Over Internet phone service, please make sure your 911 service is directed to Washington Co. Dispatch Center and not to Germantown's Dispatch Center. If the wrong dispatch enter is listed and a 911 call is made, the dispatcher will need to first notice the error and then send the call to the correct dispatch center and this might delay your emergency service.

NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION

Town of Germantown

Election Date: April 2, 2019

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the Town of Germantown, on Tuesday April 2, 2019, the following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed. The term for all offices is for two years beginning on Tuesday April 9, 2019.

OfficeIncumbent

Town Board Chairperson Paul James Metz

Town Board Supervisor Chad Dhein

Town Board Supervisor Jennifer Guslick

Town Clerk Deanne R. Hapka

Town Treasurer Dianne M. Lyman

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the first day to circulate nomination papers is December 1, 2018, and the final day for filing nomination papers is 5:00 p.m. on January 1, 2019, in the office of the town clerk.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

Acceptable Photo ID will be required to vote at this election. If you do not have a photo ID you may obtain a free ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.

NOTICE OF FALL ELECTION

Town of Germantown

Election Date: November 6, 2018

VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 10 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.

You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing.

Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both. You may also submit a written request in the form of a letter. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make application for an absentee ballot by mail, email or in person.

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:

5 pm on the fifth day before the election, November 1st, 2018

Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

Voting an absentee ballot in person

You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.

Deanne R Hapka, 262-677-8217

N128 W17714 Holy Hill Rd., Germantown, WI 53022

Monday-Friday 8am-4pm by appointment only

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:

October 22nd, 2018

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office:

November 2nd, 2018

No in-person absentee voting may occur on a weekend or legal holiday.

The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on November 6th, 2018. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLLING PLACE

At the 2018 Fall Electionto be held onNovember 6th, 2018, in theTown ofGermantown,the following polling place locations will be used for the wards indicated:

LocationWards

Rockfield Elementary School Ward 1

ALL POLLING PLACES WILL OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M.

If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.

Deanne Hapka, Town Clerk

N128 W17714 Holy Hill Rd., Germantown, WI

262-677-8217

8:00am-4:00pm M-F by appt. only

All polling places are accessible to elderly and disabled voters.

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Notice of Meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers

At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors at each polling place will convene as the Local Canvassing Board for the purpose of conducting the local canvass pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 7.51. This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF ELECTORS NOTICE

TOWN OF GERMANTOWN, WASHINGTON CO.

Notice is hereby given that a special town meeting of the Town of Germantown, Washington Co., Wisconsin, will be held at the Town Office (Riteway Bus Co. W201 N13900 Fond du Lac Ave., Richfield) on the 12th day of November 2018 immediately following the completion of the Public Hearing on the proposed 2019 Town Budget which begins at 7:00pm

Matters of business are as Follows:

Call meeting to order

Read minutes of the November 13, 2017 meeting

Chairman opens meeting for questions

To approve the total highway expenditures for 2018 pursuant to s.82.03(2)(a) of Wis. Statutes. The 2019 budget will exceed the total Hwy. Expenditures by 42,998.00.

Town to approve 2019 budget and propose to send budget to the Town Board.